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Physics, Vol. 2

by: Walker, James S.

Physics, Vol. 2

by: Walker, James S.

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9780132199285
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Edition: 3rd
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Copyright: 01/01/2007
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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Summary

Applications in the Text

Preface: To the Instructor

Preface: To the Student

xxiv

PART III ELECTROMAGNETISM

Electric Charges, Forces, and Fields

625

(37)

Electric Charge

626

(3)

Insulators and Conductors

629

(1)

Coulomb's Law

630

(7)

The Electric Field

637

(6)

Electric Field Lines

643

(3)

Shielding and Charging by Induction

646

(3)

Electric Flux and Gauss's Law

649

(13)

Chapter Summary

653

(1)

Problem-Solving Summary

654

(1)

Conceptual Questions

655

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

655

(2)

Problems

657

(5)

Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy

662

(33)

Electric Potential Energy and the Electric Potential

663

(3)

Energy Conservation

666

(3)

The Electric Potential of Point Charges

669

(4)

Equipotential Surfaces and the Electric Field

673

(4)

Capacitors and Dielectrics

677

(6)

Electrical Energy Storage

683

(12)

Chapter Summary

685

(2)

Problem-Solving Summary

687

(1)

Conceptual Questions

687

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

688

(1)

Problems

689

(6)

Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits

695

(37)

Electric Current

696

(3)

Resistance and Ohm's Law

699

(3)

Energy and Power in Electric Circuits

702

(3)

Resistors in Series and Parallel

705

(6)

Kirchhoff's Rules

711

(3)

Circuits Containing Capacitors

714

(3)

RC Circuits

717

(3)

Ammeters and Voltmeters

720

(12)

Chapter Summary

721

(2)

Problem-Solving Summary

723

(1)

Conceptual Questions

724

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

724

(2)

Problems

726

(6)

Magnetism

732

(36)

The Magnetic Field

733

(2)

The Magnetic Force on Moving Charges

735

(4)

The Motion of Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field

739

(5)

The Magnetic Force Exerted on a Current-Carrying Wire

744

(2)

Loops of Current and Magnetic Torque

746

(2)

Electric Currents, Magnetic Fields, and Ampere's Law

748

(4)

Current Loops and Solenoids

752

(3)

Magnetism in Matter

755

(13)

Chapter Summary

757

(3)

Problem-Solving Summary

760

(1)

Conceptual Questions

760

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

760

(2)

Problems

762

(6)

Magnetic Flux and Faraday's Law of Induction

768

(35)

Induced Electromotive Force

769

(1)

Magnetic Flux

770

(2)

Faraday's Law of Induction

772

(3)

Lenz's Law

775

(3)

Mechanical Work and Electrical Energy

778

(3)

Generators and Motors

781

(3)

Inductance

784

(3)

RL Circuits

787

(1)

Energy Stored in a Magnetic Field

788

(2)

Transformers

790

(13)

Chapter Summary

793

(2)

Problem-Solving Summary

795

(1)

Conceptual Questions

795

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

796

(1)

Problems

797

(6)

Alternating-Current Circuits

803

(34)

Alternating Voltages and Currents

804

(5)

Capacitors in AC Circuits

809

(3)

RC Circuits

812

(5)

Inductors in AC Circuits

817

(3)

RLC Circuits

820

(4)

Resonance in Electrical Circuits

824

(13)

Chapter Summary

829

(2)

Problem-Solving Summary

831

(1)

Conceptual Questions

831

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

831

(1)

Problems

832

(5)

PART IV LIGHT AND OPTICS

Electromagnetic Waves

837

(33)

The Production of Electromagnetic Waves

838

(3)

The Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves

841

(4)

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

845

(4)

Energy and Momentum in Electromagnetic Waves

849

(4)

Polarization

853

(17)

Chapter Summary

860

(2)

Problem-Solving Summary

862

(1)

Conceptual Questions

863

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

863

(1)

Problems

864

(6)

Geometrical Optics

870

(39)

The Reflection of Light

871

(1)

Forming Images with a Plane Mirror

872

(3)

Spherical Mirrors

875

(2)

Ray Tracing and the Mirror Equation

877

(7)

The Refraction of Light

884

(7)

Ray Tracing for Lenses

891

(3)

The Thin-Lens Equation

894

(2)

Dispersion and the Rainbow

896

(13)

Chapter Summary

898

(2)

Problem-Solving Summary

900

(1)

Conceptual Questions

900

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

901

(1)

Problems

902

(7)

Optical Instruments

909

(28)

The Human Eye and the Camera

910

(3)

Lenses in Combination and Corrective Optics

913

(6)

The Magnifying Glass

919

(4)

The Compound Microscope

923

(1)

Telescopes

924

(3)

Lens Aberrations

927

(10)

Chapter Summary

928

(2)

Problem-Solving Summary

930

(1)

Conceptual Questions

930

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

930

(1)

Problems

931

(6)

Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction

937

(33)

Superposition and Interference

938

(2)

Young's Two-Slit Experiment

940

(4)

Interference in Reflected Waves

944

(6)

Diffraction

950

(4)

Resolution

954

(3)

Diffraction Gratings

957

(13)

Chapter Summary

961

(2)

Problem-Solving Summary

963

(1)

Conceptual Questions

963

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

964

(1)

Problems

964

(6)

PART V MODERN PHYSICS

Relativity

970

(33)

The Postulates of Special Relativity

971

(1)

The Relativity of Time and Time Dilation

972

(6)

The Relativity of Length and Length Contraction

978

(3)

The Relativistic Addition of Velocities

981

(2)

Relativistic Momentum

983

(3)

Relativistic Energy and E = mc2

986

(5)

The Relativistic Universe

991

(1)

General Relativity

991

(12)

Chapter Summary

995

(2)

Problem-Solving Summary

997

(1)

Conceptual Questions

998

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

998

(1)

Problems

998

(5)

Quantum Physics

1003

(31)

Blackbody Radiation and Planck's Hypothesis of Quantized Energy

1004

(3)

Photons and the Photoelectric Effect

1007

(6)

The Mass and Momentum of a Photon

1013

(1)

Photon Scattering and the Compton Effect

1014

(3)

The de Broglie Hypothesis and Wave-Particle Duality

1017

(4)

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

1021

(4)

Quantum Tunneling

1025

(9)

Chapter Summary

1026

(2)

Problem-Solving Summary

1028

(1)

Conceptual Questions

1028

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

1029

(1)

Problems

1030

(4)

Atomic Physics

1034

(37)

Early Models of the Atom

1035

(1)

The Spectrum of Atomic Hydrogen

1036

(3)

Bohr's Model of the Hydrogen Atom

1039

(7)

de Broglie Waves and the Bohr Model

1046

(1)

The Quantum Mechanical Hydrogen Atom

1047

(3)

Multielectron Atoms and the Periodic Table

1050

(5)

Atomic Radiation

1055

(16)

Chapter Summary

1064

(2)

Problem-Solving Summary

1066

(1)

Conceptual Questions

1067

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

1067

(1)

Problems

1067

(4)

Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Radiation

1071

The Constituents and Structure of Nuclei

1072

(4)

Radioactivity

1076

(7)

Half-Life and Radioactive Dating

1083

(6)

Nuclear Binding Energy

1089

(1)

Nuclear Fission

1090

(3)

Nuclear Fusion

1093

(2)

Practical Applications of Nuclear Physics

1095

(4)

Elementary Particles

1099

(3)

Unified Forces and Cosmology

1102

Chapter Summary

1103

(2)

Problem-Solving Summary

1105

(1)

Conceptual Questions

1106

(1)

Conceptual Exercises

1106

(1)

Problems

1107

Appendices

Appendix A Basic Mathematical Tools

(10)

Appendix B Typical Values

(1)

Appendix C Planetary Data

(1)

Appendix D Elements of Electrical Circuits

(1)

Appendix E Periodic Table of the Elements

(1)

Appendix F Properties of Selected Isotopes

Answers to Your Turn Problems

(2)

Answers to Odd-Numbered Conceptual Questions

(4)

Answers to Odd-Numbered Conceptual Exercises

(6)

Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems

Photo Credits

(1)

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